Transportation-ticket.



P. BATT.

TRANSPORTATION TICKET.

APPLICATION rum) NOV. 1, 1912.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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FRANK BATT, 0F NOR-TH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK.

TRANSPORTATION-TIGKET.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK Ba'r'r, a citizenof the United States, residing at North Tlonawanda, county of Niagara,and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvement.in 'lransportation-Tickets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements intransportation tickets and particularly such as consists of a pluralityof detachable sections or cou-- pens.

l Vhile this ticket is particularly designed for use or inter-urbanstreet car lines it may be used to good advantage on steam and ferryboats and in other place or places where payment is to be made fortransportation from one point to another, and when desired, for returnto the starting point.

The primary object of my invention is the production of a ticket by theuse of which dishonesty among conductors or other employees handling thetickets will be eliminated, it being the purpose of this invention toprovide a ticket that cannot again be sold or used by dishonestemployees for future passage after having been once used for suchpurpose, thus preventing employees defrauding the owners of thetransportation lines of the regular fare for such travel.

r-kfurther object oi my invention is to provide means whereby thepassenger may ascertain, when the conductor or other employee takes upany ticket section .or conpon for passage, whether or not he hasproperly voided or canceled such detached section or coupon so that itcannot again he used for passage.

Another object of my invention is to provide each of the ticket sectionsor coupons with designated primary punch points and preferably allsucceeding coupons with related secondary punch points, and to provide afolded ticket so that when punching each of the ticket sections orcoupons, the punch will be made to penetrate all the sections or couponsthen remaining.

Still another object is to provide means whereby it may he determined ata glance. when all the ticket sections or coupons are returned to theauditors oflice, whether or not the conductor has properly punched theticket.

With these and other objects. in viewthe invention consists in a stripof paper or Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 1, 1912.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914:.

Serial No. 729,024.

cardboard comprising a plurality of connected ticket sections or couponsfor either a one way or a round trip passage, said strip being foldedpreferably by a roll fold on the lines dividing said sections or couponsand beingprinted in the usual manner to denote the starting point, thedestination that passage has been paid for, and the title of thetransportation company issuing the same.

It also consists in providing a. designated primary punch point on eachticket section or coupon through which the ticket is to be punched whilefolded so that all succeeding section or coupons will be simultaneouslycanceled against sale and so that the ticket section or coupon taken upwillbe void against subsequent use.

It further consists in means to readily determine when the ticketsections or coupons are returned to the auditors ofiice whether or notthey have been manipulated with a view of further using the same afterbeing once used for passage by the purchaser.

It further consists in the novel features of construction, arrangementof parts and of printed matter, to be hereinafter described and moreparticularly pointed in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a view of a ticket unfolded, the sameprovided with my invention and consisting of four ticket sections orcoupons. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ticket shown in Fig. 1,with the four ticket sections or coupons folded. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the ticket with the first ticket section or coupon re moved.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the ticket as it appears after removingthe second section or coupon. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the ticketas it appears after removing the third section or coupon. Fig. 6 is atransverse section through the folded ticket. Fig. 7 is a view of aticket unfolded showing some of the punch circles, herein termedsecondary punch points, out of line with related punch circles on otherticket sections or coupons, the last-mentioned punch circles beingherein termed designated primary punch points. Fig. 8 is a view of areturn ticket comprising two ticket sections or coupons. Fig. 9 is anenlarged view of a ticket unfolded, bearing instructions for theconductor and information for the passengers, the

ticket being enlarged to permit of disclosing said instructions andinformation.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, like numerals of referencerefer to like parts in the several figures.

The reference nun'ieral 10 designates the entire ticket, which in thefirst six and last figures of the drawing com rises four ticket sectionsor coupons 11, 12, 13 and 1-1., the ticket sections or coupons beingsimilarly numbered, as at 15, or provided with other identifying data sothat when disconnected and turned into the auditors oilice the sectionsor coupons of each complete ticket can be assembled, and any irregulariy in canceling the same readily noted. The ticket illustrated in thesefigures is a return trip ticket in which the first section or couponllis for passage from any point in Buffalo to the city line thereof. Theond ticket section or coupon 12 is for passage from the city line toNiagara Falls, which is the destination in one direction. The thirdticket section or chupon 13 for the return passage from Niagara Falls tothe Buffalo city line, and the fourth and last ticket section or coupon14- is for passage from the Buffalo city line to any point 'ithin thecity limits of Buffalo, which is the final destination for which theticket is issued.

Each of the ticket sections or coupons may bear the title of thetransportation company issuing the same, and the last 'sec tion orcoupon of the series bears the ticket agents or some other oiiicialssignature or a facsimile thereof, as shown at 16. Each of the ticketsections or coupons has a noti to passengers and instructions to theconductor or other employee designated to collect the tickets fortransportation. For example, the first ticket section or coupon 11 mayhear the following information and instructions, riZ., Notice topassengers. This ticket is void for passage when detached from ticketsection or coupon having signature of ticket agent and in such case willonly be valid for redemption at any of the companys offices for itsproportionate value when presented for such redemption by purchaser..The conductor must at time of collecting this ticket punch out the X inview of passenger without unfolding and before detaching. is to beprinted on the second and third icke't sections or coupons 12, 13,respectively, with the addition to the second ticket section orcoupon'12 of the following or other printedmatter, viz: This ticket isprovided with a circle through wiich conductors cancelingpunchpenetrates from back, which denotes that such canceling wasproperlyiperformed and the following or other additional notice to the-"l i'rd "ticket section or coupon '13, 'vi2.,'+ Th1s ticket is Similarnotice provided with two circles through which conductors cancelingpunch penetrates from back which denotes that such canceling wasproperly done. The fourth or last coupon of the may bear the followinnotice, ria.,- Th is ticks provided with three circles through whichconductofis punch penetrates from back which denotes that such cancelinghas been properly done. lVhile the above notices are now believed to besullicient for the purpose for which my invention was designed, it is ofcourse app areut that any other notices, instructions or agreements maybe added to or substituted for the above notices, if thought advisableto do so, as such additions and substitutions are merely matters ofchoice of language and privileges falling fairly within the rights ofany user of this invention.

Each of the ticket sections or coupons has a designated primary punchpoint 17 preferably along its lower marginal portion, which primarypunch point may be designated in any desired manner, the particularmanner shown comprising a circle surrounding an L, and each of thesedesignated primary punch points appears on too outside of the ticket asit is presented for cancellation by the purchaser. in line with each ofthe designated primary punch points are related secondary punch pointson all succeeding ticket sections or coupons, as clearly shown in Fig.1, which secondary punch points are to be punched only when punching thedesignated primary punch points related thereto.

l i hen the ticket shown in Fig. 1 is presented by the purchaser to theconductor, the latter punches the same through the designated primarypunch mark 17 on the first ticket section or coupon 11. which causes thesecondary punch points 18 on all succeeding sections or coupons relatedto said primary punch point 17 to be unpunched at the same time. lifterpunching the ticket the conductor detaches the first ticket section orcoupon and returns the remainder of the ticket to the passenger. hepassenger will find each of the remaining ticket sections or couponspunched to show that the conductor has properly canceled the firstticket section or coupon while the ticket was folded. The punching ofsaid related secondary punch points of the remaining ticket sections ortaches' the first ticket section or coupon from the ticket he mustrecord "a :unit' one fare recorder, such as commonly used, andconsequently must make returns to the auditors oflice for the tickettaken up. The removal of the first ticket section or coupon entitles thepassenger to passage from any point within 'the city of Buffalo to thecity line. Upon reaching the city line the coiuluctor must take up thesecond ticket section or coupon 12 for passage from the Bulialo cityline to Niagara Falls. Before detaching, however, it is necessary thathe cancel the ticket when folded substantially in the manner shown inFig. 3. The designated primary punch point 17 of said second ticketsection or coupon is exposed to view, as clearly shown in 3, and when hepunches through this punch point the succeeding ticket sections orcoupons are punched siinultancously at the secondary punch points 19related to said designated primary punch point 17 lVhen the secondticket section or coupon is detached the conductor records a unit on therecorder within the car, and as it is necessary to cancel the secondticket sec tion or coupon while the entire ticket is folded in orderthat related sc'w mdary punch points 19 of the remaining ticket sectionor coupon are punched out, it will be impossible for him to detach saidsecond ticket section or coupon with a View of again disposing of thesame. However, as now practised, the second ticket section or coupon issimply do tached and the conductor given the privilege of canceling thesame after being detached, which a dishonest conductor oftentimespurposely fails to do, so that when he records a. unit on the recorderhe may retain the dotached ticket section or coupon, and in place of thesame substitute a cash fare of live cents. As the value of the detachedcoupon is considerably more than five cents, he can later sell the sameto another pessenger and even then repeat the same tt'raudulcntoperatio-ns a number of times, retaining all re ceived above five cents,which amount, at

least, must be turned into the auditors oflice to agree with the numberof units recorded on the recorder. By the use of a designated primarypunch point on each of the ticket sections or coupons and relatedsecondary points on each succeeding section or coupon all the ticketsections or coupons are canceled against sale immediately the firstticket section or coupon is detached, and the sale is further guardedagainst by canceling all of the remaining ticket sections or couponseachtime a. ticket section or coupon is detached from the ticket. Whenthe passenger reaches his one way destination he finds he is inpossession of the second half of the ticket, which in this instanceconsists of two ticket sections and coupons good for return passage, andas the designated punch point Wit the X marks remain still unfor thereturn trip, although if an attempt were made to dispose oi. the ticketby a conductor or any other party the fact that the secondary punchpoints 18, 19 have all been punched shows that the ticket has been usedby some other party and particularly shows, it uttered. by theconductor, that he is Fraudulently disposing of the same.

This invention will also guard against the conductor using a return tripticket for two one way tarcs of two (li'ilerent passengers. Forexainplc,--a party entering the car at Builalo and wishing a one wayticket for passage from Buffalo to Niagara Falls, would be compelled topay at least three fourths ot the amount for which he could obtainreturn passage. Without the use of my invention the conductor couldseparate a return trip ticket on the divisional line between the secondand third ticket sections or coupons, obtaining for the first or goingportion of the ticket the sum oi. iorty cents. The other or returnportion the conductor could retain until some passenger desired one way'transportation "from Niagara Falls to Buffalo for which the passengerwould pay forty cents, making a total of eighty cents received by theconductor, and as the price of a round trip ticket would be only fiftycents, he could turn into the auditors ollice fitty cents for the ticketsold, re taining thirty cents for himself. As it is necessary thattickets embodying my invention have all of the ticket sections orcoupons punched prior to detaching the first ticket section or coupon itwould be impossi' ble for the conductor to sell. the return portion ofthe ticket to another passenger dcsirinp; one ay transportation, as thepunched out secondary punch points .18. 19 on the return portion of theticket would immediately show that the conductor was fraudulcmtlyoffering the ticket and was dishonest.

If a passenger having obtained passage from Buffalo to Niagara Falls andreturn, desired return passage with the return portion of his ticket,which comprises the third and fourth ticket sections or coupons, theconductor takes up the ticket as presented to him, in the form shown inFig. 4;, and punches the designated primary punch point 17 on the thirdticket section or coupon, which simultaneously causes the relatedsecondary punch point 20 on the last ticket section or coupon to bepunched, and when reaching the city line of Buffalo there remains thedesignated primary punch point 17 on the last coupon to be punched. If,for example, the auditor or his assistants grouping the ticket sectionsor coupons according; to number or other identifying data, wishes todetermine whether each of the designated punch points were punched. withthoirrepunched, this portion of the ticket is ralid latecl secondarypunch points at one operation, it is merely necessary [.0 place theticket sections or coupons in successive order with the edges even, an dif the punch openings do not register there is cause for belief that theconductor has manipulated the cancellation of the ticket sections orcoupons in a manner contrary to instructions and evidently for the solepurpose of retaining a portion of the proceeds for himself, turning intothe company only such amount as the units recorded on the fare recordermay compel him. hen a conductor is suspected by the auditor, a ticketsuch as shown in Fig. 7 may he given him among the regular tickets shownin Fig. 1, the ticket shown in Fig. 7 being what may he termed a testticket printed solely for the purpose of ascertaining whether thesecondary punch points are punched separately from the designatedprimary punch points with which they are related. in this test ticketone of each of the secondary punch points may be printed out of linewith the related designated primary punch point, as shown at 21, 22,respectively, and the secondary punch point 20 may also be printed outof line with its related designated primary punch point so that withoutnotice to the conductor and with the strict instructions that thedesignated primary punch points must be punched out centrally it wouldbe an easy matter to detect fraudulent operation on the part of aconductor; who, if he failed to cancel the ticket sections or couponswhen folded and prior to detaching them, would separately punch throughthe related secondary punch points and without knowledge that at leastone of the secondary punch points is offset with respect to its relateddesignated primary punch point and its related secondary punch points,it any, his eiiorts would he to centrally punch through the exposedsecondary punch point for the sole purpose of avoiding detection. indoing so he would positively show that he has been improperly cancelingthe tickets for the sole purpose oi retaining for himself a portion ofthe money paid by the passenger for transportation.

lVith return tickets from one town to another comprising two detachablesections or coupons, such as shown in Fig. 8, it is the practice atpresent for the conductor to detach the going portion of the ticket andhand the passenger the return portion. T he conductor is of coursesupposed to cancel the going portion of the ticket, but it he does notdo so and records a unit on the recorder he may, it dishonest, retainthe going portion of the ticket and with his returns to the auditorsubstitute live cents, clearing for himself all above the five centswhich the going portion of the ticket may be worth. On the return he maylikewise retain the goin portion of another return trip ticket issuedfrom the opposite manipulate this ticket in a like manner so that uponhis return to the starting point he will have a complete ticket and whenanother passenger wishes a return trip ticket he will be in a positionto retain for himself the full amount of the ticket, less the two livecent fares which he has substituted for the portions of the ticketretained on the round trip previously made. But with applicantsinvention he is compelled to punch the ticket while folded and in doingso punches through the designated primary punch point 23 on the goingportion of the ticket and at the same time through the re latedsecondary punch point 2% on the return trip portion of the ticket. Thisdoes not invalidate the return trip portion of the ticket fortransportation, but prevents the conductor when he takes up the returntrip portion of the ticket, from retaining it for hi it and disposing ofit on a later trip, as passenger will know when he sees the seconcarypunch point punched that the conductor has fraudulently sold him aticket and has undoubtedly retained the same solely for the purpose ofcheating the company out of a portion of the fare paid by a passenger.At the same time, by compelling tnc conductor to punch the designatedprimary punch point of the going portion and the related secondary punchpoint of the return portion, it will be impossible for the conductor toretain the going portion, and it he severs the two portions one from theother and punches them separately, this can be easily detected bymatching the tickets in the auditofls oiiice when returned.

it will be clear from the foregoing that any number of ticket sectionsor coupons may constitute the con'iplete ticket, and that regardless ofthe number of ticket sections or coupons used, there are provided oneach of the sections or coupons a secondary punch point or points foreach designated primary punch point except the designated primary punchpoint on the last uection or coupon.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that the secondarypunch points re desirable features of my invention, but with adesignated punch point on each of the ticket sections or coupons thesame results may he obtained in a measure it the second ary punch pointsare omitted. By the use of the secondary punch points, however,detection of fraudulent manipulation of the ticket can be more easilydiscerned and with the test ticket having at least one of the secondarypunch points related to each designated primary punch point out of linewith such designated primary punch point, the detection can be madepositive without careful scrutinyof the ticket.

It will be plain from the foregoing that the punchingout of thesecondary punch end of the line and 1 points does not invalidate theticket against use for transportation, but only against sale, andwhereit may be desirable to omit the secondary punch points, the punching ofthe ticket otherwise than through the designated punch points does notinvalidate the ticket against use but only against sale.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is,"

l. A. transportation ticket comprising a plurality of ticket sectionsbearing like identifving data, the ticket being folded on a roll fold onlines between said sections and each section having a sii'igledesignated cam cellation punch point, the ticket bearin data requiringit to be punched through all sections simultaneously and the place ofpunch ing being determined by the designated punch point on the sectiononly to be detached.

2. A transportation ticket comprising a plurality of sections folded ona roll fold on lines between the sections and bearing like identifyingdata, each section being provided with a single designated punch point,all of the sections except the first having a secondary punch pointrelated to the designated punch point of each section except the last.

3. A transportation ticket having a plurality of sections folded on aroll fold on lines between the sections. the sections bearing likeidentifying data being adapted to be taken up successively, each sectionhaving a single designated cancellation punch point along its lowermarginal portion adapted to be punched simultaneously with the remainingsections of the ticket while folded.

4;. A transportation ticket having a plurality of sections folded on aroll fold on lines between said sections and bearing like identifyingdata, each section having a single designated primary punch point andeach section except the first having a secondary punch point related tothe primary punch point on each of the preceding sec tions of the ticketwhen folded and being adapted to be punched simultaneously with itsrelated primary punch points while the complete ticket or unused portionof the ticket is folded, the primary punch point on the last section ofthe ticket being adapted to be punched separately.

5. A transportation ticket comprising a plurality of sections bearinglike identifying data, said ticket being folded on a roll fold on linesbetween said sections and said sections bearing data requiring theirbeing taken up successively and requiring the first section of thecomplete ticket or the first section of the remaining unused portion ofthe ticket to be punched for cancellation simultaneously with theremaining section or sections of the ticket when folded.

6. A transportation ticket comprising a plurality of detachable sectionsfolded on a roll fold on lines between said sections and bearing likeidentifying data, the first section having a single designated primarypunch point and each of the remaining sections having a singledesignated primary punch point and a secondary punch point, said ticketbeing adapted to be punched simultaneously through the designatedprimary punch point of each section and its related secondary punchpoints when folded, the secondary punch points related to eachdesignated primary punch points being arranger l in alinement lengthwiseof the ticket.

7. A transportation ticket having a plurality of sections and beingfolded on a roll fold on lines between said sections, each sectionhaving a single designated cancellation punch point and all but thefirst section of the ticket having a secondary cancellation punch point,the designated cancellation punch point of each section, except thelast, having related secondary punch points on each of the succeedingsections, at least one of the secondary punch points related to each ofthe designated punch points except the last being out of alinement withits related designated cancellation punch point, said sections beingsuccessively detachable.

8. A transportation ticket comprising a plurality of sections folded ona roll fold on lines between said sections, said sections beingdetachable successively and each of the sections, except the last,bearing data requiring it to be punched for cancellation simultaneouslywith all the remaining sections.

9. A transportation ticket comprising a number of detachablesectionsfolded on a roll fold on lines between said sections and bearingthe signature of an official of the issuing party and the successivesections bearing data requiring each section to be punched forcancellation simultaneously with all of the remaining section of theticket while the ticket or the unused portion of the ticket is folded.

10. A transportation ticket comprising a plurality of ticket sectionshaving like identifying data, the ticket being folded on a roll fold onlines between said sections and bearing instructions requiring eachsection to be taken up to be punched with the remaining sections whilefolded therewith,

said ticket bearing also data whereby the passenger may ascertain whenany ticket. section is taken up for passage whether or not the detachedsection has been properly canceled.

11. A transportation ticket comprising a plurality of ticket sections,said ticket being folded by means of a roll fold along lines betweensaid sections, each of said sections bearing data instructing theconductor to punch all sections simultaneously when taking up one ofsaid sections, and data to en simultaneously With said primary punchpolnt whlle the ticket is folded, the primary punch point on the secondsection of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,107,743, grantedAugust 18, 1914, upon the application of Frank Batt, of North Tonawanda,New York, for an improvement in Transportation-Tickets," errors appearin the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1,line 15, for the Word or read on; page 2, line 109, for the wordunpunched read punched, and that the said Letters Patent should be readwith these corrections therein that the same may conform to the recordof the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 6th day of October, A. D., 1914.

[SEAL] R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Oomwzissz'oner of Patents.

